Do not treat with scorn the blood of the covenant.

Do not despise and insult the spirit of grace

that right now in this room is brooding over this people.

But rather, repent, yield, and receive the asbestos, righteousness of Jesus,

and clothe yourselves with it so that when you walk into the flame of judgment at the end,

it will be like a vacation on the beach with sun shining bright and now fire.

Who is the only one who can rescue humanity at the final judgment?

In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper opens Hebrews 10, 26 to 31 to reveal the sole hope for salvation in the face of God's righteous judgment.

This sermon was originally preached at Bethlehem Baptist Church on April 13, 1997.

For whom is there no longer a sacrifice for sins?

Get the question now and ask, is that me?

For whom is there no longer a sacrifice for sins,

but only a fiery, terrible expectation of divine wrath.

Now, the answer to that question is what this text is all about.

And it is given in two ways, and we'll take them one at a time.

First, it is given in two ways, and we'll take them one at a time. First, it is given by describing those people in terms of what they have become that makes them fit for wrath.

And then it describes those people in terms of what they once were,

which makes all the worse their fitness for wrath.

That's what this text is about.

Two descriptions of people.

What they are like now that makes them so fit for judgment and what they once were but are no more.

Let's take them one at a time.

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